Natural Science Forum / Biology / Paleontology / December 2004

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From: Archimedes Plutonium <a_pluton...@iw.net>
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The PETRALGA (Permian and Triassic Algae) site is back under
http://paleopolis.rediris.es/petralga/accueil.html

In a reply to my last thread, John Harshman said "I don't know of any
ranked classification that has resolved the central
contradiction that Class Aves lies within Order Saurischia." which is a
fair enough comment.

Does anyone have any idea what this might be? It was found in
Pennsylvanian era siltstone in what was probably a brackish,
tidally-influenced mudflat.
http://mypage.iu.edu/~gsimonel/Temp/Picture%20002_small.jpg

Is Aging an Altruistic Adaptation?
Programmed death theory challenges Darwin
By Liz Brown
Betterhumans Staff

I've become very confused by the detailed taxonomy of dinosaurs in the
sense that the terms being used to describe the various taxa seem to
vary an awful lot from place to place.
For example, I've seen the taxon name "dinosauria" described variously

Quote from:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/pbs_nova/0926ep2.asp
Top: Ambulocetus skeleton, as drawn in Miller's book
Middle: Ambulocetus reconstruction, as drawn in Miller‘s book

The Darwinian theory of evolution and the genetic theory of evolution
are inadequate to describe what really happens in evolution.
Let me put it this way. If you want to know how to repair a car, it
helps to know how it the car is put together. Likewise, if you want to

Excuse me, some of the links did not work. I just try again, with not-danish
letters and no spaces.....
I do not know, if this is the right place, but i want to know something
about the so called "Níjar-Sorbas bassin" in the south-East of  Spain.

Can anyone direct me to a resource (online, organizations, individuals,
publications, etc.) that would have information useful for comparing
different degree programs--especially undergraduate programs--in
paleontology and/or evolutionary biology?  What schools are "hotbeds"

--- quoting Reuters in full because I need to debate line for line ---
Humans Were Born to Run, Scientists Say
                           Wed Nov 17, 4:05 PM ET
Science - Reuters

Study: Learning to run no small step in human evolution
By Travis Reed, Associated Press Writer  |  November 17, 2004
SALT LAKE CITY --No one has ever doubted that, in the beginning,
primitive man learned to walk before he could run.